The author of A Course in Miracles had a high regard for Sigmund Freud. He discussed Freud at length with the Course's scribes (both of whom were Freudian psychologists) in material that didn't make it into the published Course. The Course itself shares Freud's...
A Time to Grieve; a Time to Love Everyone who hasn't been vacationing on Mars knows about the big news of the past week: Osama bin Laden, head of al Qaeda and mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, was killed by US Special Forces. Many people all over the world have been...
Can we listen deeply to each other? To the reader: Robert and I thought you might enjoy reading an occasional piece by one of us in which we offer a Course perspective on an issue we've been thinking about. Here is the first of these pieces. Like many people in the...
It is a basic teaching of A Course in Miracles that we can contact God within us. It depicts us as part of God, and tells us that God's Voice, the Holy Spirit, "is in you in a literal sense" (T-5.II.3:7). However, I recently read a blog by New York Times columnist...
An article in the most recent issue of Time Magazine describes the newest front in the seemingly never-ending abortion war in the United States: "crisis pregnancy centers," clinics run by pro-life groups that aim to dissuade women from getting abortions. Pro-choice...
Can It Undo the Impulse to Murder? The more scientists are learning about the brain, the more they are inclined to believe that human behavior is largely determined by the brain's structure and chemistry. In particular, recent research has shown that psychopathic...
Recently, all of us were shocked by news of the horrendous shooting incident at the Fort Hood military base in Texas. Along with many people around the world, I have prayed for the victims and their families. I have also prayed for the shooter and his family. And I've...
The entire world is riveted on the horrific saga of Japan: the earthquake, the tsunami that followed, and now the growing nuclear crisis. It is heartbreaking to see all the death and destruction. The initial shock was devastating, and no one knows yet how bad the...
This week, the world was shocked by revelations about the inner life of Mother Teresa. Recently published letters to her confessors and superiors reveal that for the last fifty years of her life, while she was selflessly giving the Love of God to the poorest of the...
Everyone in the world knows what happened in Paris on Friday, November 13: a massive terrorist attack, with 129 dead and many more wounded, and the terrorist group ISIS (called “Daesh” by its Arabic-speaking opponents) claiming responsibility. All of us at the Circle...
A big story in the news recently has been the election in Iran and its aftermath. After current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner, supporters of challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi claimed that the election results were rigged and took to the streets...
A Course in Miracles tells us that attack leads to danger and fear, and that totally non-attacking love is the only way to safety and happiness. This radical view naturally begs the question: Given how dangerous the world seems to be, is there real-world evidence to...
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